Suspensible clew holder for thread or the like



May 28, 1935. E. GODDEMEYER 2,003,143

SUSPENSIBLE CLEW HOLDER FOR THREAD OR THE LIKE Filed June 13, 1954INVENTOQ ab-Am.

2 U Eduard fioddemej" Patented May 28, 1935 UNITED STATES SUSPENSIBLECLEW HOLDER FOR THREAD OR THE LIKE Eduard Goddemeyer, Lippstadt, GermanyApplication June 13, 1934, Serial No. 730,444 In Germany June 24, 1933 4Claims. (Cl. 242-441) The invention relates to a suspensible holder forclews or balls of thread, wool, yarn or the like which holder is adaptedto enclose the said clew and to guide the thread from its inside endcentrically through an eyelet. The clew holder is to be made of aflexible material such as thick paper, thin cardboard, celluloid, fabricor the like in the shape of a band cross, the four arms of which enclosethe ball of thread like a basket and are closed above the said ball byone arm of the cross, having a larger length and being at the timedesigned as a suspension strip, extending through slotted eyes of thethree other arms.

The clew holder according to the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing illustrating an embodiment by Way of example. In said drawingFig. 1 shows the holder enclosing a clew ready for use and I Fig. 2 theholder without and prior to the insertion of the clew. I

The clew holder has the shape of a cross with three arms a of equallength and an arm a of larger length, the excess of length of whichserves as a suspension strip 1) and is at its end provided with a metaleyelet c for its suspension. As Fig. 2 shows the three arms of equallength a are at their ends enlarged so as to have the shape of discs andprovided with a slot-like eye d. These slotted eyes of the arms a ofequal length are superposed when the holder is ready for use and thearms thereof bent together (Fig. 1), and the end b of the fourth longerarm 01/ passed through the said slotted eyes holds all arms together.The clew or ball of thread It is thus enclosed by the four band-likearms as by a basket and so safely held.

The thread is taken or unwound from the clew centrically from the insidethereof through a metal eyelet'h disposed in the point of intersectionof the center lines of the four arms, which eyelet h guides the threadcentrically and always presents the end 1 of the thread free andaccessible.

The longer arm a serving as a suspension strip is provided at the pointof connection of the arms with two lateral notches i into which aredrawn the ends of the three other arms a so as to be thus immovablyfixed. The top arm a is provided with a tongue 2 intended for beinginserted in a cross slot s so as to form a buckle with the opposite arma.

In order that a larger surface is available for printing the name of theselling firm or a trade mark the arms may be provided with anenlargement r.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a suspensible clew holder made of a flexible material, a bandcross enclosing the clew and having three arms of equal length and onearm of larger length, end eyelets in the three equal arms and throughwhich the longer arm extends so as to be adapted to serve as asuspension strip.

2. In a clew holder of flexible material and having three equal arms andone longer arm extending, when the holder encloses the clew, througheyelets of the three other arms, a metal eyelet disposed in the point ofintersection of the four arm center lines and intended for centricallyguiding and rendering accessible the unwound end of the thread.

3. In a clew holder of flexible material having three equal arms and onelonger arm, end eyelets in the equal arms, a metal eyelet in the pointof intersection of the arm center lines, a tongue in the arm oppositethe longer arm, and a cross slotin the said longer arm into which slotthe said tongue is introduced to hold the arms together.

4. In a clew holder of flexible material having three equal arms and onelonger arm, end eyelets in the equal arms, a metal eyelet in the pointof intersection of the arm center lines, a tongue in the arm oppositethe longer arm,

and at the point of connection of the four arms two lateral notches inthe longer arm which notches are adapted to immovably fix the armsassembled.

EDUARD GODDEMEYER.

